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Singapore Malta
TMID Editorial: Light pollution - Let there be less light
The blight of Malta’s light pollution epidemic is bound to eventually reach epic proportions unless proper light abatement measures begin being imposed on future developments and remedial action is taken with respect to the thousands of existing glaring sources of light pollution.Some time ago NASA had published a photograph of ...
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Malta
Lombard Bank Malta p.l.c. half-yearly results for 2017
Profit before Tax for the Lombard Bank Group increased by 7.6% to €4.7m for the first six months of 2017, compared to €4.4m in the same period last year. This result was achieved despite the impact of historically-low and, at times, even negative interest rates and more costly regulatory compliance ...
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USA Georgia (Country)
Why lowering nicotine in cigarettes could change the course of health
The new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently made a surprising and bold announcement that could potentially save more lives than if we ended the opioid epidemic today. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, a physician and cancer survivor, said that federal regulators will start a conversation about dramatically ...
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USA Regno Unito
EU/UK citizens' rights fall inside Tusk's political activities - Alfred Sant
Former Prime Minister and Maltese MEP Alfred Sant said that even if the European Commission is the negotiator in the Brexit negotiations - the European Council is fully involved in the process and, therefore, the EU/UK citizens rights fall well inside the scope of Donald Tusk’s political activities. Sant reacted when ...
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USA
Former monk sues cosmetics giant over anti-aging formula
A former Roman Catholic monk has filed a federal lawsuit against cosmetics giant L'Oreal, accusing the company of stealing patented technology in an anti-aging wrinkle cream that his charity was selling to raise money for the poor.Dennis Wyrzykowski and his company, Carmel Laboratories LLC, have been joined in the lawsuit ...
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Regno Unito
Man accused of cannabis cultivation 'not guilty' after statements 'discarded or inadmissible'
A man today walked away from charges of cultivation and possession of cannabis after a court found that his statement was inadmissible, while also discarding a witness’ statement after she failed to give her disposition during proceedings.On 17 June 2008, police from the Drug Squad executed a search warrant issued against ...
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Malta
Claudio Grech opposes MEA’s unpaid sick leave proposal
Nationalist MP Claudio Grech told The Malta Independent on his behalf, that he does not agree with proposal by MEA for the first day of sick to be unpaid. The Nationalist’s Party shadow minister for Economic Affairs and Competitiveness, Claudio Grech, said that this kind of proposal is detracting to ...
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Spagna Regno Unito Malta
Updated: Delia says no vote was taken by PN administrative committee; Karol Aquilina says otherwise
Nationalist Party leadership contender Adrian Delia gave the lie to PN administrative committee president Karol Aquilina, saying that no vote was taken by the committee on the statement that was issued requesting him (Delia) to reconsider his position.Karol Aquilina this morning said that the vote taken by the administrative committee ...
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USA
Perici Calascione’s former business partner denies being on the run for misappropriation of funds
PN Leadership candidate Alex Perici Calascione’s former business partner, Silvan A. Said, has denied being on the run from the authorities for misappropriation of funds.The allegation was made in an anonymous letter sent to the PN’s Ethics Committee yesterday. The letter which was also sent to the media, also lists ...
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Malta
Civil marriage is open to same sex couples as from Friday
As of tomorrow, 1 September 2017, civil marriage is open to same sex couples, the government said.This is a result of the Marriage Act and other Laws (Amendment) Act, which passed through Parliament on 12 July 2017 and was published in the Government Gazzette on the 28 August following the President of Malta’s ...